AVAILABILITY AND EFFECTIVE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT COURSES IN OGUN STATE POLYTECHNICS

ABSTRACT This study investigates Availability and Effective Use of Information and Communication Technology in Teaching Office Technology and Management Courses in Ogun State Polytechnics. The study adopted the descriptive research design of the survey method. Four research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated. The population of the study consisted of all the staff and students of Office Technology and Management in Ogun State tertiary institutions while the sample size was one hundred (100) selected through simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a well-structured questionnaire distributed to the respondents. The completed questionnaires were processed and analyzed using the mean, standard deviation and Chi-Square to test the hypotheses. The findings indicated that availability and usage of Information and Communication Technology support students learning and increase success rate and facilities increase and boost students' academic excellence. The study concluded that availability and usage of Information and Communication Technology play in improving outcomes for both lecturers and students. The study recommended that institutions and management should provide adequate teaching materials for quality learning environment and that policy makers should focus greater attention on the impact of teaching facilities and adopt a long-term cost benefit perspective on efforts to improve school facilities.